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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 Feb 2019)

Mick Wallace: ...make extra money. The Taoiseach passed a comment about the low balling of contracts. He was a little on the naive side with his comment. I would argue that right now for BAM it is like picking apples in an orchard and that is a big problem for the Government. The legal firm is the adviser on how one procures and amends the tender documents and it has a duty to alarm its clients of the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Criminal Prosecutions (16 May 2018)

Mick Wallace: ...had been leaking information, and when did they report it to An Garda? These are answers the Minister should get from NAMA. NAMA would like us to believe that Mr. Enda Farrell was the only bad apple in the barrel in nine years, but we know that this is not true. Mr. Pugh was accused of intentionally disclosing confidential information about McCabe Builders (UK) Ltd. to a London-based...

Heritage Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (9 Nov 2017)

Mick Wallace: ...in the face of the all-Ireland pollinator plan. This is at a time when one third of all Irish bee species are threatened with extinction. Bees pollinate many of our crops, such as oilseed rape, apples, peas, beans, strawberries and raspberries. In a 2013 journal article, Dr. Dara Stanley from the National University of Galway and Dr. Jane Stout of the school of natural sciences at...

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: I move amendment No. 2:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann:” and substitute the following:“supports the ruling of the European Commission that a sweetheart tax deal between Apple and the Irish tax authorities amounted to unlawful State aid; calls on the Government to make public the details of how many similar deals have been made by the Revenue...

Government Appeal of European Commission Decision on State Aid to Apple: Motion (7 Sep 2016)

Mick Wallace: ...people in Ireland would be of the opinion that this place here - the bubble that is Leinster House - is a bit disconnected from the real world. No two recent issues emphasise that as much as the Apple tax issue and the NAMA scandal. Richard Murphy, a professor of practice in international political economy in City University in London also happens to be a director of the Tax Justice...

Garda Síochána (Amendment) (No. 3) Bill 2014: Report Stage (4 Feb 2015)

Mick Wallace: ...was because GSOC replaced the Garda complaints board. A number of commissioners and senior figures were involved in the latter rather than one person. Three were appointed so as not to upset the apple cart at the time. I am backing Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn on this point.

Companies Bill 2012: Report Stage (Resumed) (2 Apr 2014)

Mick Wallace: ...to the Court by any interested party, to the imposition of limited liability status on the unlimited company in question.”.In recent years, we have heard a great deal about how companies such as Apple, Google and Starbucks operate and manage to avoid paying tax. Such companies are greatly helped by their status as unlimited companies. I am concerned about the use of unlimited...

Payments to Bondholders (17 Nov 2011)

Mick Wallace: ...that we are in a very difficult place. However, I do not accept that things will continue as they are and that it is fair for us to part with €1.25 billion. The Minister said it would upset the apple cart but I do not accept that he would be throwing the baby out with the bath water. I do not believe Europe will pull the plug if we refuse to pay unsecured bondholders in order to take...